Tree removal in Columbia, SC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 15 storm reports near Columbia that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 3, 2024; January 9, 2024; and June 26, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 51,780 households live in Columbia. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1978. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Columbia, averages 47 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 5 at or below 20°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 4 electric utilities with service territory in Richland County, among them Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc and Fairfield Electric Coop, Inc; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024